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Keep your eye on that kid!
When I was young my mother used to always take me food shopping. My parents didn’t drive, so we always walked. One place we always shopped was the butcher shop. It was about two and a half blocks from our … Continue reading →
Can you remember a time you tried to cook something and it didn’t turn out?
I love to bake. One of the things that I used to bake a lot was bread. This was before I purchased a mixer with a dough hook and before I purchased a bread machine. No, I loved physically doing … Continue reading →
Elements of Story
One of the writing/storytelling activities that I did as a teacher was entitled, “Elements of Story”. The premise of the lesson involved a discussion with the class of elements necessary to make good fictional stories. The elements that we developed … Continue reading →
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Characters – Joseph
Joseph is the consummate analyst. He has spent years studying to be a psychologist with the hopes of getting a job to help fix all of the wrongs in peoples’ lives. For Joseph there is no down time. Any interaction … Continue reading →
What to do?
Growing up in the 50s, unlike today, meant that there weren’t many organized activities to choose from when we had time on our hands. I lived in an apartment building in the Bronx. Adjacent to it was a small park … Continue reading →
A Place to Rest My Head
My family lived in 2-bedroom apartment in the Bronx. Two bedrooms should have been an issue in that there were five of us in the family. My two older sisters got to have the master-bedroom. I guess my parents felt … Continue reading →
The Power of Telling
I began my storytelling career in 1981.The Shoreham-Wading River Middle School cast me as Hans Christian Anderson in the musical play by the same name. Up until that point in my life (all 30 years of it) I had never … Continue reading →
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Where’s the Fire? Original version
When I was five years old, my father took me on a venture to the local branch of the Chemical Bank. While he was inside waiting in line to deposit money, I was allowed to free-roam the bank. Free roaming … Continue reading →
Characters – Joanna
Joanna is a worrier. Think of anything that could go wrong and she’s already thought of it and is afraid it will happen.
Characters – Julie
Julie is a highly intelligent woman. She is well read and has opinions on many topics of discussion. She is meticulous in her thinking, which at times makes it difficult for her to accept other people’s points of view.
